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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-111-018
This folder contains material collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Australia. Topics include a meeting between the President and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade of Australia John McEwen, the appointment of William C. Battle as United States Ambassador to Australia, and a Quantas Empire Airways, Ltd. request to the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board) to land in Tahiti. Also included in this folder is a letter to the President from Australian Ambassador Howard Beale offering congratulations on the orbital flight of Lieutenant Commander M. Scott Carpenter, and a copy of a speech by McEwen titled, “Australia and the Common Market.”